Mop



Nov. 30 1926.

' E. T. CRATER MOP Filed Dec. 30 I 1925 INVENTOR .E'sfiwrfaraierATTORNEYS WITNESSES A4170 Patented Nov. 30, 1926.

UNITED STATES ESTHER T. CRA'IER, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

MOP.

Application filed December 30, 1925.

This invention relates to the class of mops and swabs.

The present invention contemplates the provision of a mop or swabcleanin element made of any preferred material SUCH as ropeyarns,thrums, or any other suitable soft cleaning material constructed in anovel manner so as to embody or have associated therewith handleattaching and holding 0 means by virtue of which the cleaning elementmay be readily applied to one extremity of any type of handle or staffagainst displacement, but which may be readily detached.

.5 The invention further contemplates a novel form of attaching andholding means for associating the cleaning element with a handle whichwill not leave staining or soiling matter upon portions of the cleaning:0 element, and which will not mar or scratch surfaces to be cleaned,and which will permit the cleaning element to be used freely and indifficult places to get at.

The present invention further contem- 15 plates an attaching means forattaching a mop to a handle,which can be readily incorporated for theintended purposes, which will be extremely inexpensive, and which willnot be a drawback when it is desired to 0 purge the mop of dirt andother foreign matter by boiling or washing the same.

The nature of the invention and its distinguishing features andadvantages will appear when the following specification is 5 read inconnection with the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated oneembodiment by way of example, and in which Figure 1 is an elevation of amop constructed in accordance with the present in- 0 vention, a portionof the handle thereof being broken off.

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View taken 5 on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view of the essential parts of the mop cleaning elementshowing certain stages of its mode of construction and prior to itsbeing put into the mop shape or con- 0 dition.

The mop of the present invention will essentially comprise a handle anda cleaning element 11, The handle 10 will be in the nature of a stick orstaff of suitable 5 length preferably of wood, and will therefore becomparatively inexpensive. The

Serial No. 78,446.

cleaning element 11 may be diversely formed of some soft suit-ablecleaning material such as rope-yarns, strands, thrums, or pieces ofcloth of proper length and width. In the presentinstance the cleaningelement is shown as being made up from rope-yarns 1:2 of suitablelength, a sufficient number of rope-yarns being used and laid upon eachother to give thickness and body to the cleaning element. The saidropeyarns 12 are stitched together by lines of stitching 13, while inthe condition as shown in Fig. 4, the lines of stitching occurringadjacent a medial point indicated by the dot and dash line 14, uponwhich the ropeyarns 12 are folded so as to provide inner and outerfringe sections 15 and 16 re spectively on a bight 17. In this conditionthe rope-yarns are put into the form of a circular body, the confrontingor adjacent bight portions being stitched as at 18 to maintain theformation as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Attaching and holding meansin the nature of tying cords or tapes 19 and 20 are provided. Each ofthe cords 19 and 20 is retained in place by two lines of stitching 13,each of the cords 19 and 20 passing through the rope-yarns as indicatedin Fig. 4. Each of the cords 19 and 20 may be incorporated before orafter the stitching is done and may be passed between the portions ofthe ropeyarns one or more times. Each of the cords 19 and 20 is ofsufficient length to provide portions capable of being tied together. Itis to be noted that the lines of stitching 13 are in the outer sectionof the cleaning element as shown most clearly in Fig. 2, that the cord19 is incorporated near the bight 17, and that the cord 20 isincorporated below the cord 19 spaced therefrom. In applying thecleaning element 11 to the handle v 10, one end of the handle isinserted in the open end of the cleaning element at the bight and isextended inwardly a distance so that the extremity of the handle will beslightly above the plane of the cord 20. The cord 20 is then drawn uptightly so as to flex portions of the rope-yarns inwardly as shown mostclearly in Fig. 2 to limit or prevent inward movement of the extremityof the handle 10 beyond a certain point.

The flexed condition of the rope-yarn portions is maintained by theextremities of the cord 20 as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The cord 19 isdrawn tightly so as to make the bight portions of the rope-yarns totightly embrace the end of the handle, after which the extremities ofthe cord 19 are Wrapped about the end of the handle and are tiedtogether as shown in Fig. 1. It will now be apparent that the cords 19and 20 as incorporated and applied serve for attaching and holding thecleaning element 11 associated with the handle 1.0 against separation,although making pr0- vision for easily detaching the cleaning element 11from the handle When it is desired to detach the same.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that there has been described acleaning element having functional attributes based upon novel featuresof construction, and appurtenances by virtue of which a cleaning elementmay be readily associated with any type of handle or staff; that the useof divers fastening means such as rivets, wire frames and other metallicparts is obviated; that the cleaning element may be purged of dirt andforeign matter whenever the ocei sion arises; that scratching andinarring of surfaces being cleaned is absolutely eliminated, and that acleaning element of the indicated character may be produced at acomparatively low cost.

I claim:

1. A mop comprising ahandle, a cleaning element constituted of yarnsfolded to provide inner and outer fringe sections on a. looped bight,said handle being arranged in the loop of said bight, means threadedthrough the bight of the cleaning element and secured to one end 01":the handle to bind the cleaning element thereto, and

means carried by and extending through the outer fringe section belowthe handle end and brought together to limit the movement of thecleaning element relative to the handle.

2. A mop comprising rope strands held together by lines of stitchingextending transversely thereof, said strands being folded uponthemselves to provide a bight portion and inner and outer fringesections with the stitching occurring in the outer fringe section, thebight portion formed into a loop and the meeting edges being sewed toeach other, a handle inserted in the bight end thereof, and binding andtying cords arranged in the outer fringe section and restricting thebight end to cause portions thereof to embrace and to confront the endof the handle, the ends of one of the cords being tied together, and theends of the other cord being wrapped around the end of the handle andtied thereto.

A cleaning element comprising rope strands held together by lines ofstitching extending transversely thereof, said strands being folded uponthemselves to provide a bightportion and inner and outer fringe sectionswith the stitching occurring in the outer tringe section, the bightportion formed into a loop and the meeting edges being sewed to eachother, and binding and tying cords extending through the outer fringesection, each of the binding and tying cords arranged between two linesof stitches, and the ends of said cords disposed externally.

ESTHER T. CRATER.

